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Ubiquitins, Autophagy & Disease
April 1 - 5, 2025
Abstract Deadline: January 17, 2025

Organizers:

Anne Bertolotti, MRC LMB, UK
Nicolas Thomä, Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Switzerland
Achim Werner, National Institutes of Health

We are pleased to host the thirteenth Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Ubiquitins, Autophagy & Disease, which will begin at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, April 1, and run through lunch on Saturday, April 5, 2025. The meeting will cover current work on the structure, regulation, and function of ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins in biology. The meeting is intended to provide a format for the exchange of ideas and information, to discuss the latest research findings and technical advances, and to facilitate interaction amongst groups active in diverse systems.

Topics:
DNA Repair and Ubiquitins
Targeted Protein Degradation 
Ubiquitin Signaling in Health and Disease
Protein Quality Control 
Autophagy

Keynote Speakers:
Claudio Jazeiro, University of Heidelberd/Scripps Institute

Discussion Leaders:
David Beck, New York University, Langone Medical Center/HHMI
Patricia Boya, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Alessio Ciulli, University of Dundee, UK
Paul Elliot, University of Oxford, UK
Fleur Ferguson, University of California, San Diego
Wade Harper, Harvard Medical School
Elke Kruger, University of Greifswald, Germany
Yogesh Kulathu, University of Dundee, UK
Sonja Lorenz, Max Planck Institute for Interdisciplinary Sciences, Germany
Martijn Luijsterburg, Erasmus MC, Netherlands
Yifat Merbl, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Susan Shao, Harvard Medical School
Ana Tufegdžić Vidaković, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, UK                                    
Sylvie Urbe, University of Liverpool, UK
Kylie Walters, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
Georg Winter, Research Center for Molecular Medicine, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria

We are pleased to invite applications for the Cecile M. Pickart Student Travel Awards, due by March 31. Details about the award and how to apply are posted here.

Abstracts should contain only new and unpublished material and must be submitted electronically by the abstract deadline. Selection of material for oral and poster presentations will be made by the organizers and individual session chairs. The status (talk/poster) of abstracts will be posted on our website as soon as decisions have been made by the organizers.


Social Media:

The designated hashtag for this meeting is #cshlubiq. Note that you must obtain permission from an individual presenter before live-tweeting or discussing his/her talk, poster, or research results on social media. Click the Policies tab above to see our full Confidentiality & Reporting Policy.

This conference may be supported in part by the National institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, a branch of the National Institutes of Health

Pricing:
In-Person Fees:
Academic/Media Private Room/Private Bath Package: $1885
Academic/Media Private Room/Shared Bath Package: $1765
Academic Shared Room Package: $1610
Academic/Media No-Housing Package: $1200
Student Package/Double Occupancy: $1500
Student Package/No Housing Package: $1090
Corporate Private Room/Private Bath Package: $2410
Corporate No-Housing Package: $1725

*Student Housing is default double occupancy. Please inquire about availability and fees to upgrade to a private room.

NOTE: We cannot guarantee housing will be on campus.
Room packages close 2 weeks before the meeting start date

Virtual Participation: Includes access to the oral sessions via Zoom, the digital poster gallery, the Slack discussion workspace, and the Leading Strand video archive.  If you are submitting an abstract for an oral or poster presentation, please plan to attend the meeting in-person.

Presenters: Individuals submitting abstracts and facing financial barriers should firstly request financial aid (see above). Permission to present your talk or poster virtually will be given only in exceptional circumstances and on a case-by-case basis. If you think you are eligible for an exemption from the requirement to present in person, please provide a justification in writing via email to Jessica Palma

Non-presenting participants: We plan to broaden access to the conference by allowing certain categories of non-presenting participants to attend virtually at reduced fees. Categories include: 
1. Individuals from low & middle-income countries; 
2. Individuals from non-LMIC countries in Asia, Australasia, Africa or South America; 
3. Individuals from US & Canadian minority-serving institutions; 
4. Individuals with a demonstrable financial barrier; 
5. Individuals with family obligations or other special circumstances. 
For categories 4 & 5 above, please provide a justification via email to Jessica Palma

Virtual Fees
Academic Virtual Package $360
Grad Student Virtual Package: $225
Corporate Virtual Package: $535


Late Fee (Registrations submitted after 5:00 p.m. ET on March 27)
Late Academic Virtual Package: $460
Late Student Virtual Package: $325
Late Corporate Virtual Package: $635